Some well-known Hollywood writers called for FCC hearings on effe...
Some well-known Hollywood writers called for FCC hearings on effects of consolidation on industry. Writers Guild of America earlier had urged hearings on behalf of its members, but in latest filing some members signed on by name, including Ron Bass, who wrote How Stella Got Her Groove Back;
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Carl Gottlieb, Jaws; and Elizabeth Hunter, writer and producer of ER. Also signing on were Steven Bochco, who created L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue; Eric Bogosian, who wrote Talk Radio; Diane English, writer and producer of Murphy Brown, and Norman Lear, executive producer of All in The Family. They said consolidation of cable and TV industries had resulted in lack of diversity that had caused creativity to suffer. They said Commission should retain 30% cable ownership cap and EchoStar and DirecTV should operate separately.